November 11th in History

Michael Dobson | November 11

Atlanta burns, World War I ends, and the US introduces numbered highways! Dostoyevsky and Patton are born; Typhoid Mary and Nat Turner die. Happy Origami Day!

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July 16th in History

Michael Dobson | July 16

The Islamic calendar and the Atomic Age begin, Apollo 11 takes off, and the world's first parking meter is installed. Mary Baker Eddy, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Orville Redenbacher, and Ginger Rogers are born; Anne of Cleves, Mary Todd Lincoln, and JFK Jr. die. Happy World Snake Day!

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July 17th in History

Michael Dobson | July 17

"Wrong Way" Corrigan takes off, Disneyland opens, and Handel's Water Music premiers! Erle Stanley Gardner, Jimmy Cagney, Phyllis Diller, and David Hasselhoff are born; Adam Smith, Billie Holiday, Ty Cobb, Dizzy Dean, Mickey Spillane, and Walter Cronkite die. Happy World Emoji Day!

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July 18th in History

Michael Dobson | July 18

Hitler publishes Mein Kampf, the Me262 jet fighter flies, and Ted Kennedy drives Mary Jo Kopechne home. Machine Gun Kelly, Red Skelton, John Glenn, and Nelson Mandela are born; John Paul Jones, Jane Austen, Horatio Alger, and Machine Gun Kelly die. Happy Caviar Day!

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